Bracket for attaching index cards to telephones



Jan. 1, 1952 c, N 2,580,819

BRACKET FOR ATTACHING INDEX CARDS TO TELEPHONES Filed Sept. 14, 1949 I n ventor Patented Jan. 1, 1952 UNITED STATESTATENT OFFICE BRACKET FOR ATTACHING INDEX CARDS TO TELEPHONES Charles E. Nagy, Newark, Ohio Application September 14, 1949, Serial No. 115,575

2 Claims. (01. 179178) This invention relates to a telephone attachment, and more particularly to a memorandum bracket for telephones of the cradle or French type.

An object of this invention is to provide an index card attachment for French or cradle type telephones which includes a bracket which is readily attached to the telephone without the use of tools.

A further, more particular object of the invention is to provide a bracket adapted to support an index card case or other suitable members which may be formed by stamping or the like out of a single sheet of material, such as steel or aluminum, or which may be molded from suitable plastics, preferably those of thermosetting characteristics.

These, together with the various ancillary objects of the invention which will become apparent as the following description proceeds are attained by this index card attachment for telephones, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view of the invention showing it in emplacement upon a telephone of the French type;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the index card attachment showing it as emplaced for use on a French telephone;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bracket comprising an element of the present invention which is readily attached to the telephone.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, I designates a French or cradle type telephone which includes a pair of contacts I2 and I4, a. slanting surface l6 and a pair of parallel extending ridges l8 and within which the bracket generally designated by reference numeral 22 may be emplaced.

Referring now to Figure 3 in particular it will be seen that this bracket is formed from a single sheet of material such as steel or aluminum, and has a slanting lower plate 24 and a horizontal upper plate 26 which are supported in their relationship by end wall 28, and parallel side walls 30. The upper plate 26 abuts the lower plate 24 adjacent the front end of the bracket 22 as at 32. An extension of the lower plate 24 which is indicated by reference numeral 34 is formed and inclunes a pair of L-shaped members having vertical legs 36 and 38 formed at right angles to the extension 34 of the plate 24, and has a pair of horizontal legs 40 and 42 having apertures 44 and 46 therein connected at right angles to the legs 36 and 38.

The bracket 22 is adapted to be placed on the telephone with the legs 40 and 42 overlying the cradle of the receiver with the receiver buttons or contacts l2 and I4 encompassed by the portions of the legs 42 and 4D surrounding the apertures 4t and 44 respectively.

While the upper surface 26 of the bracket 22 is ideally adapted to support full or empty glasses of liquids or cigarettes, cigars or the like, or an ash tray therefor, it is within the concept of the invention to provide a plurality of apertures 43 in the upper surface in order to attach a memo pad generally indicated by 50 thereto.

This index card case comprises a container 52 that is secured by bolts or the like to bracket 22 through apertures 48. A cover 54 which is spring urged open is pivoted as at 56 to the container 52. The cover is provided with a projection 58 which is selectively engaged by a trigger attached 60 which is used to release the cover by pressing down upon the trigger. A retainer type marker 62 is mounted in a slot 64 in the cover, and is adapted to both indicate a certain card in the file, and to hold that card down from being rotated upwardly with the container cover. This is possible since the retainer 62 has a patch thereon (not shown) which will hold all the cards before the desired one in such relationship that they will be carried upward by the rotation of the cover 54.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of this attachment for telephones is readily apparent, further description is not believed to be necessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention to the precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: r

1. An attachment for telephones comprising a bracket having a horizontal upper plate and a slanting lower plate conforming to the contour of the rear slanting surface of a telephone base, a rear end wall and side walls supporting said upper plate relative to said lower plate, said upper plate abutting said lower plate adjacent the front end of said bracket, and including substan- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Duceska Dec. 4, 1934 Beitch Mar. 9, 1948 Shore Nov. 15, 1949 

